Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-08-31
4 TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Story OF n Young Woman Who Had Three
Lovers Yet Found No Husband.

Story Of Young Woman Who Had Three
Lovers Yet Found No Husband.
Dora Carmichael was an extremely
pretty girl, whom to see was to admire
and, perhaps, to love, in most mons opiI-
ion. Women did not take precisely this
view Of her merits; but then, as we all
know, women are VIGOROUSLY Jealous
Still, even pretty girl may be considered
as abusing her privileges, if she engages
herself to more than two men at once.
Now, this was precisely what Miss Car
michael had done, and was not little
rogplexed by the consequences of her
rashness. Not only had she, unknown to
ana in disobcdience OF her necpte, kept on
her engagement with BERTHE IIasclrg Of
the artillery, but, to please her parents
aud also her own ambition, she had con-
seuted a month or two since to accept Mr.
Lorimer, son and heir to old Sir James
Lorimer. And now, to crown all, fort
night ago, at the MIrsdels' ball, Lord
Liscarrol hal proposed, and she had not
bcen able to refuse him.
Concerning Captain Hasolrig she had
little anxiety, as he had gono to India on
being forbidden the house by Mr.. Car
mi ,haei, who considered the handsome,
impecunious soldier by no means an elig;-
bic match for his only daughter and heir
to keep Mr.. Lorimer and Lord Ljscarrol
ignorant of each others claims on her.
Lorisner certainly did not suspect the ex-
istence Of rival; but Liscarrol had more
than once resented the air OF proprietor
ship assumed by tho former, and had
pressed Miss Carmichael to allow Him at
once TO apply to her father. This was hor-
ribly perplcxing. Mr.. Carmichael was a
wealthy, self-made man, whose fortune
had sprung, as he was only too fond Of
boasting, from the traditional foGrpcany-
bit. He professed ultra-radical opinions,
but his heart was as fond~of Lord as
most people, ard Dora wcn knew would
have been as delighted at her latest
conquest as sho herself could have
been. Still, she felt convinced that, his
word once p!edged, he woul1 rot let her
throw over Charles Lorimer, even for
such parti as Lord Lisca-rol. So she
told her lover doleful story of stern par
ents, an unsympathetic sultor, and an OPP
pressed daughter, divided between duty
end dislike to the match proposed.
Sill Liscarrol insisted
''But, don't you see, Lord Liscarrol-
well, Arthur, then-that if you GO to papa
directly have sent Of Dir. Lorimer, he
VIII suspect what has occurred and would
not hesitate to treat you in the same ways
For, do what / Will, can not help his con-
siderIng me engaged to that horrid man.
''Well, whom Will you give Lorimer lis
congepn
Tomorrow morning. IFe Is coming
about scrie botanical tickets, and l will
speak TO him thcn.''
Very we'll dearest; and may look in
TO hear the result, may l notl'
Ard so it was settled. Sill it must be
confessed tho situati was troublesome
one. and, sitting in the library the next
dap. Dora thought over her plans rather
anxiousiy.
hrS. Carmichael was, or fancied her
self, an invalid, and rarely showed before
lunch taEd not always then, though re-. d ,
enough fer her ''social dutIes' later in
the eay), so her daughter was at full lib-
erty 20 Strange matters as she pleased.
Accordingly she toldyth bitter that ifMr.
Lorimcr called he was at once 20 be
shown in to her in the library, and that if
Lord Iiscarrol should call in the mean
time, he WAS to Be told she would soon be
discugaged, and BE- requested to await her
LII the drawing So far so good.
But a ring at the door-bell startled her
from her reyerie, and she wai.si, expect
ing to see Lorimer ushe-ei in. Instead Of
that the visitor was ushered upstairs,
and the butler announced ''Captain Hasel-
rig.' The blow almost staggered. her,
but pulling herself together, she won't
into the drawing-rcom and next moment
was claspei in Haselrig's arms A few
words suficsd to explain his presence.
The death OF an old uncle, his god father,
had made him master of rather valuable
property, and on the strength Of this i'm
p-ovement in his position the young n n
had at once rushed back from India, and,
IS ne fondlv hoped, success sfully to plead
his sniL Whatever heart she possessed
it was little enouge-be.o1geI TO III Isci-
rig, ana she had felt genuine sorrow
when her father so entirely declined his
proposals: for moment she wondered II,
after al, Haselrig's love might not be
worth a sacrifice. Or Lorimer she did not
think for one second, but she did remem-
bcr L'sc7rrci, and this dampened her
ardor. Haselrig was handsome and
fairly -ich COW. bat 50 was Lard Lis